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KUWAIT CITY, March 11: The parliamentary Education, Culture and Guidance Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved bills regarding the allowance of Kuwaitis studying at Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET), as well as those on local scholarship.
Committee Chairman MP Hamad Al-Matar disclosed that they approved the proposal to increase the allowance from KD200 to KD300 per month; as well as the suggestion to add male Kuwaiti students married to non-Kuwaitis, Bedouns and children of Kuwaiti women married to non- Kuwaitis to the beneficiaries of the allowance.
He explained that Bedouns were added to the beneficiaries, taking into consideration their small number and the need to support them as their success in pursuing higher studies implies they are excellent and dedicated students. In another development, the Budgets and Final Accounts Committee on Wednesday tackled two issues – profits retained by several publ
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KUWAIT CITY, March 2: MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari has criticized the decision of the Interior Ministry to extend the grace period given to expatriates, who violated the Residency Law, to legalize their status or leave the country.
He emphasized the need to deport these expatriates, instead of encouraging others to violate the Residency Law and increase the crowd in areas where a large number of expatriates are residing. He said the decision of the ministry reflects its inability to enforce the law and this entails wastage of public funds.
Meanwhile, a number of current and former MPs attended the solidarity meeting held at the diwaniya of MP Badr Al- Dahoum recently with the theme, “Al Dahoum … You are not alone,” to express their support for him in dealing with an appeal filed at the Constitutional Court against the ruling confirming the validity of his parliamentary membership.
Tunisia faces calls to investigate officials free vaccine from UAE
A sign indicates the way to the coronavirus vaccination service at al-Barsha Health Centre in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai on 24 December 2020. [GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images] March 2, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Tunisian MPs have called for an investigation into allegations that senior state officials received 1,000 free doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the UAE at the beginning of February. This, the MPs insist, is an act of high treason .
The presidency in Tunis confirmed that it has received the doses, but pointed out that President Kais Saied refused to take the vaccine, preferring to pass them to health workers, who are the group most affected by the pandemic. His family and the Presidential Court are also covered by this refusal.
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KUWAIT CITY, Feb 16: His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah expressed his pain at the damage caused to the owners of Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to the educational attainment of students and the failure of athletes to practice their activities, “but the greater pain is the continuing epidemic situation amid the rise (of cases).”
His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah
This came in a speech by His Highness the Prime Minister at the extraordinary session of the National Assembly, held on Tuesday to discuss governmental procedures and policies in dealing with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the mutated strains. “Today we completed a year and we welcome a new one, and now, after 45 days of the new year, we have begun to enter into an alarming situation, as the number of deaths in the past 15 days has reached 50 cases,” said the Premier.